Born August 1925

He carried on the work of his father, Babar the Elephant’s creator.

Even after being elected to office, he kept his personal number in the phone book.

He helped spearhead the creation of high-yield crops in India to combat famine.

He helped desegregate music venues in Southern California.

She was the mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas.

Blackman was best known for playing Bond girl Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger.”

Leslie Edwards was one of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen, the African-American pilots who served in the U.S. military during World War II.

Activist and researcher helped prove the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was racially motivated.

Brian Aldiss, the acclaimed English science fiction writer, died Aug. 19, 2017, in Oxford, England. His family shared the news via the writer’s Twitter account. “It is with great sadness …

Mike Connors, the B-movie actor who found stardom on the long-running detective series “Mannix,” died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Tarzana, California. He was 91.